English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Ancient Greek χείρ ( kheír , “ hand ” ) + πρᾶξις ( prâxis , “ action, activity, practice ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] chiropractor (plural chiropractors
A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic , the hands on or hand-held instrumental movement of the bone structure of the body to improve the function of the joints or nervous system . Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] chiropractor
Arabic: مُقَوِّم اَلْعِظَام m ( muqawwim al-ʕiẓām )
Catalan: quiropràctic m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 脊骨神經科醫生 ／ 脊骨神经科医生 ( jǐgǔ shénjīng kē yīshēng ) , 脊醫 ／ 脊医 ( jǐyī )
Czech: chiropraktik m
Dutch: chiropracticus (nl) m chiropractor (nl) m
Finnish: kiropraktikko (fi)
French: chiropracteur (fr) m chiropractrice f chiropraticien (fr) m chiropraticienne (fr) f
German: Chiropraktiker (de) m Chiropraktikerin (de) f Manualtherapeut m Manualtherapeutin f
Icelandic: kírópraktor m hnykklæknir m
Italian: chiropratico
Japanese: カイロプラクター ( kairopurakutā ) , カイロプラクティック ( kairopurakutikku )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kiropraktor m
Nynorsk: kiropraktor m
Polish: kręgarz (pl) m chiropraktyk m
Portuguese: quiroprático m quiropraxista m or f
Romanian: chiropractician m chiropracticiană f
Russian: хиропра́ктор m ( xiropráktor ) , костопра́в (ru) m ( kostopráv )
Spanish: quiropráctico m quiropráctica f
Swedish: kiropraktor (sv) c
Turkish: kiropraktör
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) namaplägan ( ♂ ) namahiplägan ( ♀ ) namajiplägan